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A list of the top 101 websites for social studies, U.S. history, world history, government, economics and civics teachers.

Welcome To The Center For Teaching History With TechnologyEdTechTeacher presents The Center for Teaching History with Technology, a resource created to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. Find resources for history and social studies lesson plans, activities, projects, games, and quizzes that use technology. Explore inquiry-based lessons, activities, and projects. Learn about web technologies such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, social networks, Google Docs, ebooks, online maps, virtual field trips, screencasts, online posters, and more. Explore innnovative ways of integrating these tools into the curriculum, watch instructional video tutorials, and learn how others are using technology in the classroom!

"Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more. BOHWS has been recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The New York Public Library, the BBC, Princeton University, -- and many others."

"Visual Discovery In Visual Discovery activities, students view, touch, interpret, and bring to life compelling images as they discover key social studies concepts. Seeing and interacting with an image in combination with reading and recording notes on the content helps students remember salient ideas."

"For classes in Social Studies, American Government, Current Events and Economics; Grade level 9th-12th "Is Wal-Mart Good for America?" provides a provocative examination of the impact Wal-Mart has had on the U.S. economy. "

I think you guys do something with walmart right?

The Cia world exploration game 3rd to 5th grade 6th to 8th grade and 9th to adult.

Watch videos that explain science, math chemistry and more using current news, sports, and everyday life.

"History of Medieval & Renaissance Europe: Primary Documents"

discover the world's historic sites, from the most famous national treasures to the oft-forgotten hidden gems. You'll get information on each historic site, directions, entry and contact details and comments from other users

"6 Jan 2003 - A Boke of Gode Cookery - A compilation of medieval recipes from authentic sources ... Medieval Times - Student project on the Middle Ages. ."

"What do you want to know today?" A great website full of information and videos for History. It is free but will contain adds. If you want a free account for your class. just link it to the the class blog or site.

Would you and your class like Kidipede better without the ads? The subscription version of Kidipede is completely ad-free. You can get a free subscription - good all year, for your whole class - by just linking to Kidipede from your school webpage.

Learn about money, trade, commodities and stuff

" Teaching Resources Find multimedia activities aligned with national standards, educational projects, and more."

Their brand new beta teacher's site. Worth checking out.